Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-12
COLOREO CRESUSES.
Citizens of African Descent whase Prop
erty Runs Up Into Six Figures Etc.
New York Morning Journal.

Citizens of African Descent WhGse Prop
erty Runs Up Into Six Figures Etc.
New York Morning Journal.
Fortune scatters her generous fAvors
without regard to race, creed or color.
Frequently those VINO stand in the golden
rain OF prosperity when its doWnpour is
the heaviest are not the brainiest of
mortals, but they are usually the boldest
and most determined.
The enormously large fortunes in this
country are, of course, possessed by
white men, but there are q number of
negroes who have smassed considerable
fortunes and take rank as millionaires.
The colored race in this country, as 8
class, have had only the past twenty
years in which to receive the entire
benefit of their wealth producing powers,
and many OF them have shown q surpris-
ing capacity for the accumula ion of
money and property.
Probably the most widely known Of the
wealthy colored men in this country was
P.B. s. PINCHBACK,
who rose from waiter in q New Orleans
gambling house to the Office of Lieuten-
snt Governor of Louisiana, and made
money so fast that his investments rep
resented almost, If not quite, 81, 100000
while he was yet young man.
Wormley, the noted hotelkeeper OF
Washington, was worth large amount
Of money when he died, and Downing,
the colored caterer of fashionable New
port, who offered to give his daughter q
princely dowry as sn inducement for re-
spectacle and eligible young white men
to enter the lists as candidates for her
hand in marriage, go large was his fortune.
The king gambler of the southwest is
full-blooded negro, and he has been
known to lose $4,000 on the turn Of
single card. Recently he announced his
determination to quit gambling as he had
made himself worth nearly 8 million
dollars, ana il his statement as to the
extent of his means was correct he was
certainly one of the most wealthy gam
bIers in this country.
PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE AND WASH
NGTON
have each colored claimants for the title
of millionaire, and local authorities in
dorse their claims. Colored millionaires
in New York and Brooklyn are not
especially numerous. The only colored
man in this city who is known to have
assets which could be readily con-
verted into a million dollars of cash,
resides in Captain Williams precinct.
He declares that he will institute a suit
for damages against any newspaper
which names him as being a millionaire,
for he m0urnfully declares that if it be-
comes generally known that he was
wealthy life would become unbearble, be-
cause Of the many applications to endow
colleges, schools and churches for ne
groes, snd to assist less fortunate men,
bers of his race with which he would Ger
tsinly be deluged. He owns houses without
number in this city, and prefers to have
white people for tenants, and he is said
to also hold government and first mort
gage railroad bonds to considerable ex-
tent.
A number Of the cOlOred residents OF
this city are firmly of the opinion that
DR.. Phillip A. White, the colored drug
gist, whose store is in the shadow of
the western approach to the Brooklyn
bridge, is full-hedged millionaire, but
the always busy Doctor found time to
assure the Journal reporter that this
opinion was without substantial founda-
ton,
LUNCH MANS FORTUNE.
James NJ. Mars, the janitor of the Con-
tinentsl bank building, is rapidly attain
ing the proud dignity of being considered
q millionaire. Some twenty years ago he
began to proftably supply the banks and
other down town establishments, in which |
there was considerable number of en- |
ployes, with hot mid day lunch, and his
venture in this direction grew rapidly to |
such proportion that his yearly revenue |
from it represented small fortune. He !
resides in South Brooklyn and is said to |
drive out on Sundays in private equip
sge with white driver ana white foDt-
man both in livery. 4
DR.. Ray Of Williamsburg Is one Of thed
best known and weslthiest men in ths Il
eastern district of Brooklyn. He has Rn |
extensive practice, gets liberal fees, md |
has several fat bank accounts in addition |
70 some productive real estate Invest
nents.
DR.. James N. Gloucester inherits a